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"Yuki-chan, you needed help with the questions?" Yori flipped her Pre-Calculus textbook to page 156.
"Ah, no. I know how to do that." Yuki smiled contentedly before reaching under her bed for the novel they were currently reading in English class. For some reason she couldn't remember what the title was.
"Oh?" Yori blinked surprisedly. "That's surprising, considering how forgetful you tend to be." Yuki laughed sheepishly.
"It seems like Yuki-chan is able to learn better with Zero-san." Yori observed, eying Yuki thoughtfully. Yuki felt her face heat up.
"But Yori-chan does a very good job!" Yuki attempted in consoling her best friend.
"Though not as well as Zero-san." Yori lifted the textbook up to hide the small smile on her face. Yuki jerked up from the warm covers on her bed and jumped at Yori. Yori jolted in surprise when they both almost fell off of Yori's bed. Yori was trying hard not to laugh while at the same time holding herself up so that they didn't fall off the bed.
"Yori-chan!" Yuki whined, not seeing Yori's smile until she gave a small laugh. Yuki looked up and huffed at her.
"Hey!" Yuki smacked Yori on the shoulder in mock anger before quickly jumping up from Yori's bed to close the curtains, rubbing her face with her hand as if hoping there were no red spots on her cheeks. Before she could though, something caught the corner of her eye.
'There's someone outside the dorms.' Yuki frowned, peering into the darkness and confirming that there was indeed, someone walking outside the gate of the girls' dormitory. No one was allowed to wander around at night, and they needed to be escorted by a prefect if they were to go somewhere. She glanced at Yori from the corner of her eye, thinking of an excuse to go outside.
"Oh! I just remembered that I forgot something in the hallway downstairs." Yuki ran over to her bed and reached for her flashlight. "I'll be right back."
Yori looked at her questioningly, but didn't ask for clarification. "Be careful then." Yuki nodded.
"I will!" She called back to Yori before closing the door.
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"Who's there?" The figure stopped as Yuki pointed the flashlight at them. They held their hand in front of their face from the glaring light, but Yuki recognized the sheen of silver.
"Zero? What are you doing out here?" He had turned away from her so that she couldn't see his face. She furrowed her brows, feeling offended.
"It's nothing important." He muttered, slipping his hands in his pockets. Zero had turned so that she could only see the side of his face. Yuki furrowed her eyebrows in confusion when Zero didn't look at her.
"Were you looking for something?" Yuki asked, watching him as she took a step towards him; he didn't move, but he didn't look at her either.
"Yeah."
"Did you find it?"
"Not really. It's not important anyways." Yuki frowned, somewhat unsettled by his answer.
"Do you want me to help you find it?" Zero had looked at her then, but it was only for a moment before he turned his gaze towards the ground.
"I probably left it somewhere around my dorm." Zero looked to the side and coughed. "Anyways, I don't think you should help me in your...current state." Truthfully, Zero had already spotted her running out the door to the girls' dorm and was going to run (which was a first, since he was never one to run from anything), but he had froze and did a double take. When his mind had finally registered to look away, it had been too late to run.
Yuki started and looked down at herself. A slight gasp escaped from her mouth when she realized that she had come out in her nightgown.
"Uh...um..." She stuttered. Her mind began angrily reasoning that she didn't need to explain herself in the first place.
"What are you doing out here anyways? You're supposed to be with a prefect from the guys' dormitory if you wanted to look for something!" She spoke accusingly, stomping over to poke him in the chest. He blinked confusedly for a moment before he leaned back to look at her through narrowed eyes.
"I am a prefect; you should have known that already, especially since you're a prefect yourself. And I already told you why I was here." Yuki blushed, cursing her faulty memory.
"I'm going back to my dorm."
"Wait!" Yuki reached out and grabbed his jacket. Not looking at him, she toed the ground a bit, realizing that she wasn't wearing anything on her feet. In her haste, she had forgotten to wear slippers. Seeing the flashlight in her hands, she blurted, "Do you need a flashlight?" Zero blinked.
"Well, you must've not found what you were looking for cause it's really dark." Zero opened his mouth, but she refused to hear him reject her offer and had thrust the flashlight at him.
"Here! Take it!" Yuki crossed her arms and stood there, feeling dread at the thought that he would drop the flashlight at her feet. But when she didn't see anything land near her feet, she looked up at Zero.
He sighed defeatedly. "Alright. I'll take your flashlight." Yuki grinned.
"Go back to your dorm now." Not disconcerted, Yuki nodded to him, still grinning. She turned around and had taken a step before abruptly stopping.
"Um, I forgot my slippers." Zero raised an eyebrow.
"I noticed." For a moment, neither of them moved until Zero sighed, this time sounding a bit more reluctant. Not waiting for her approval, he unceremoniously scooped her up into his arms. He ignored her gasp and began walking towards the entrance to the girls' dorm. Yuki instantly threw her arms around his neck, her heart pounding at the suddenness.
"Zero! I didn't say you could-"
"What else did you think you were implying by just standing there after you've said that you forgot your slippers? Shut up and stop wriggling." He told her, not waiting for an answer. Yuki shivered, tightening her hold around his neck. The cold air sharply contrasted from the heat emanating from Zero's skin. In response to her shivering, Zero had unconsciously drawn her closer to him, and Zero was incredibly warm...
Yuki yawned tiredly, forgetting where she was.
"Yuki, don't fall asleep. You need to go back to your room."
"57." Yuki spoke on reflex, (conveniently)not realizing what she had just said. She yawned again. Zero frowned confusedly, but he didn't have time to ask what she meant since they were now at the front door to her dorm. Zero waited for Yuki to shift her feet towards the floor. When she didn't move at all, his eyebrows furrowed.
"Yuki." He received no response. When he looked down to see Yuki sleeping peacefully, he cursed.
"Damn."
End. :3
